No trading in TCL that’s poised to rise

Market activity on the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange on Wednesday resulted in 14 securities trading compared to 13 on Tuesday. Trinidad Cement with a bid by Cemex to acquire majority of shares at $4.50 did not trade and ended with 12,432 units on the bid at $4.07 and 127,363 units being offered at $4.50. Trading ended with 3 stocks advancing, 2 declining and 9 remaining unchanged.
The market closed with 361,588 shares trading with a value of $3,622,735 in contrast to Tuesday’s volume of 197,320 valued at $1,996,726.
The Composite Index declined 0.01 point to 1,206.02 points, the All T&T Index gained 0.14 points to 1,834.52 points, lowering its year to date loss to 5.85 percent. The Cross Listed Index lost 0.02 points to 77.17 points with year to date gains slipping to 55.87 percent.
IC bid-offer Indicator |The Investor’s Choice bid-offer ended with 7 stocks with bids higher than last selling prices and 10 with lower offers.
Gains| Clico Investment gained 5 cents to close at $22.60 with 75,378 shares changing hands at a value of $1,703,450, National Enterprises closed at $10.66, adding 1 cent with 500 shares trading and Scotia Investments closed at $1.83, a gain of 2 cents with 222 shares changing owners.
Losses| Ansa Merchant Bank closed at $40, a loss of 1 cent with 6,000 shares changing hands and Grace Kennedy was down 1 cent to $2.72 with 610 shares switching owners.
Firm Trades| Angostura Holdings held firm at $15.50 as 75,000 shares changed hands with a value of $1,162,500, First Citizens Bank, with 4,975 shares being exchanged, closed at $34.93, and JMMB Group closed at 90 cents with 191,407 shares changing hands. Massy Holdings remained at $51 with 1,930 shares changing owners, National Commercial Bank closed trading at $2.87 and an exchange of 95 shares, National Flour Mills, with 2,151 shares switching owners, closed at $2.52. Prestige Holdings closed at $11 with an exchange of 181 shares, Sagicor Financial at $7.63 had 775 shares changing hands and Trinidad & Tobacco NGL closed at $22 with 2,364 shares changing owners.